Gear knob help please

**paulvectrac** · 17th July 2010, 00:18

I have play forwards and back and side ti side auyone have any ideas please

**mparks8590** · 17th July 2010, 06:58

i had the same

eventually it would pop off at the most inappropriate time.

fixed it with some flexible sealant just put a big blob in the hole on the gear knob. put it back on the ger stick.

let it cure for a while . overnight is best.

then its done

back to normal

**paulvectrac** · 17th July 2010, 17:44

its the hole thing mate with the white ball joint thing on it

**DaveW555** · 18th July 2010, 10:18

Sounds like the ball and socket have worn and if thats the case there's not really much you can do about it other than buy a new gear stick assembly, vx wont sell you the individual parts to repair it (b*stards!!!) and even a standard one isn't cheap, I priced up a vxr one and they wanted 300 quid and a standard one wasn't much cheaper. I'm sorry to say it but its either put up or cough up.

**john_k_sri** · 18th July 2010, 17:51

Originally Posted by DaveW555

Sounds like the ball and socket have worn and if thats the case there's not really much you can do about it other than buy a new gear stick assembly, vx wont sell you the individual parts to repair it (b*stards!!!) and even a standard one isn't cheap, I priced up a vxr one and they wanted 300 quid and a standard one wasn't much cheaper. I'm sorry to say it but its either put up or cough up.

The standard one is around £175. I got mine changed when my knob starting clicking, which meant that it was about to drop off, and the whole assembly needed replacing, which thankfully I had done under warranty.

**DaveW555** · 18th July 2010, 21:01

Get on ebay matey there's bound to be one somewhere, I managed to get my vxr one for 100 quid after waiting 4 months for one to come up, I'm sure I saw a standard one for about 25 quid while I was looking for mine and that was a vectra c breakers.